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Fragment of an application from Oxyrhynchus by a man asking to share in the public grain dole granted by decision of the city council. It is dated in Choiak of the first regnal year of Aurelian and Vaballathus, December AD 270, and ends with subscriptions by Aureliuses, one written for someone who could not write.
The dating formula names both Aurelian and the Palmyrene Vaballathus, reflecting Palmyrene control of Egypt in 270-272. The 'dole' (sitêresion) was a monthly grain distribution to registered citizens of Oxyrhynchus.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Application to Receive the Dole). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[… ? lines lost …] […]…[…] …[…]…[…] τὰ βιβλίδια, ἀξιῶν καὶ αὐτὸς μετασχεῖν τῆς φιλανθρωπίας καὶ τῆς κοινῆς τοῦ σιτηρεσίου δωρεᾶς κατὰ τὰ δόξαντα τῇ κρατίστῃ βουλῇ. ἔτους α Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Λουκίου Δομιττίου Αὐρηλιανοῦ Εὐσεβοῦς Εὐτυχοῦς Σεβαστοῦ καὶ Ἰουλίου Αὐρηλίου Σεπτιμίου…
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